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61. Coming to America (Second Edition): A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life by Roger Daniels | |
Paperback: 576
Pages
(2002-11-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description With a timely new chapter on immigration in the current age of globalization, a new Preface, and new appendixes with the most recent statistics, this revised edition is an engrossing study of immigration to the United States from the colonial era to the present. Customer Reviews (3)
delightful experience
The sine qua non for understanding immigration to America
Must have if you do a lot of genealogy! |
62. A Companion to American Immigration (Blackwell Companions to American History) | |
Hardcover: 584
Pages
(2006-02-20)
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Editorial Review Product Description The volume’s structure and approach provide in-depth treatment of central themes, including economic conditions, public policies, demography, social structure, group identity, communal institutions, and cultural life. The book also places a key question in the foreground of the book: how immigrants of the industrializing era and the globalizing era can be studied with respect to a host of collective and common experiences that bridge historical periods. The comparative dimension is a defining feature of this volume, capturing the essence of America, and its rich history of immigration. |
63. R. Daniels's Coming to America (Second Edition) 2nd(second) edition (Coming to America (Second Edition): A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life [Paperback])(2002) by R. Daniels | |
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(2002)
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64. Encyclopedia Of North American Immigration (Facts on File Library of American History) by John Powell | |
Hardcover: 464
Pages
(2005-03-31)
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65. Almost All Aliens Immigration Race And Colonialism In American History And Identity - 2007 publication. by Paul Spickard | |
Paperback:
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(2007)
Asin: B003ZORXM6 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
66. East European Jews in America, 1880-1920: Immigration and Adaptation: American Jewish History (3 Parts) | |
Library Binding: 1338
Pages
(1998-01-23)
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67. Immigration: Opposing Viewpoints (American History Series) | |
Hardcover: 312
Pages
(1992-09)
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68. Twentieth-Century Immigration to the United States (American History) by Stuart A. Kallen | |
Paperback: 104
Pages
(2009-12-21)
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69. Immigration and American Diversity: A Social and Cultural History (Problems in American History) by Donna Gabaccia | |
Paperback: 320
Pages
(2002-03-19)
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Editorial Review Product Description The text introduces the main migrations of each era of American history, and examines the ensuing interaction between established citizens and new arrivals, and the formation of ethnic groups, regional cultures, and individual identities. The book describes how each are perceived "Americans," and how each most recent group of immigrants sparked the recurring debate over the concept of American nationality. Lively and straightforward, this valuable text shows both the optimistic and disparaging image of the United States as a "melting pot." |
70. Immigration As a Factor in American History | |
Paperback:
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(1965)
Asin: B003BFB4TM Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
71. A Century of Immigration: 1820-1924 (Drama of American History) by Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier | |
Library Binding: 95
Pages
(1999-10)
list price: US$31.36 Isbn: 0761408215 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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A look at the first two waves of immigration to America The Colliers quickly break down immigration from 1820 to 1924 into two distinct waves (arguing that a third wave of immigration followed World War II and continues today).Those two waves effectively divide the six chapters of this volume in half: (1) A Nation of Immigrants talks about the uniqueness of the United States in terms of the (general) acceptance of immigrants because of the huge amount of empty land to be cultivated and because of the rise of the industrial city.Within this context the first wave of immigration is presented as having two distinct components.(2) The Irish Immigrants are the largest part of that first wave, unique as well because of their ability to assimilate (most knew how to speak English) and their establishment of the Roman Catholic Church as a socio-political power.(3) The Germans and Other Immigrants of the First Wave are different from the Irish in terms of not wanting to assimilate, but preserve their own culture.The Germans also tended to be more skilled at trades.The contrast in the two dominant groups of immigrants for the first wave is quite striking. The second wave of immigrant lasted from about 1880 to the time of World War I: (4) The Second Wave Begins draws a contrast between the first wave of mostly Northern Europeans with the Southern and Eastern Europeans who dominated the second wave.The Italians are presented as the paradigmatic example of this wave.(5) The Second Wave: The Jews deals with the second-largest group to come to the U.S. in the late-19th century, as well as immigrants from Asian nations who also found an unfriendly reception in their new nation.By the 20th-century immigrants from Southeastern Europe were the largest percentage of those coming to the U.S., which explains what happened next.(6) The Anti-Immigration Movement resulted from Americans fearing that the newest immigrants were going to replace traditional American ideals with new ways of thinking and behaving.The result was a series of political attempts to not only limit immigration but also curtail the political activities of immigrants already in the country (e.g., keep Catholics out of office so they would not take orders from the Pope). In this last chapter the Colliers not only cover anti-immigration legislation and the fight against parochial schools, but they also evaluate these efforts in light of what they see to be the American ideal (i.e., it is ironic that a nation of immigrants would be afraid of or dismiss new immigrants)."A Century of Immigration" is illustrated with historic photographs, etching and paintings, from both sides of the Atlantic.One of the strengths of this book is its explanation for how conditions were so bad in the "old country" that many immigrants took horrifically low wages to work in subhuman conditions because it being in America was a better life for them.This is an extremely sobering thought. I really like these books and fret that the cost of a classroom set would be truly prohibited except for "rich" school districts.However, I still have to think that history teachers, at all levels, not just elementary or secondary schools, could benefit from the approach taken by the Colliers.I can easily see a two day class lecture on these two waves of immigrants; they could even come at two different points in an American history course; even two different semesters, given the standard dividing point in such classes today.
Eye-opening look at the past |
72. Mexican Voices American Dreams: An Oral History of Mexican Immigration to the United States by Marilyn Davis | |
Paperback: 464
Pages
(1991-11)
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Great reference for understanding cultural differences Questions like: Why doMexicans come here? Where do they work? What do they miss? areanswered. The experience of crossing the border, the ideas of the womenand family that stay in Mexico, the reality that they find here, are alsocovered, and also the changes that they experiment living here, and theideas of the children of the immigrants (chicanos). I think thateverybody who needs to understand the mexican immigration from its rootsshould read this book. ... Read more |
73. Immigration (Social Issues in American History Series) by L. Edward Purcell | |
Hardcover: 214
Pages
(1994-12-27)
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74. Immigration Issues (Major Issues in American History) by Henry Bischoff | |
Hardcover: 424
Pages
(2001-11-30)
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75. Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life | |
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(2002-11-30)
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76. Smuggled Chinese: Clandestine Immigration to the United States (Asian American History and Culture) by Ko-Lin Chin, Douglas S. Massey | |
Paperback: 221
Pages
(2000-01-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description When the Golden Venture ran aground off New York's coast in1993 and ten of the 260 Chinese on board drowned, the publicoutcry about human smuggling became front-page news. Probinginto the causes and consequences of this clandestine traffic, Ko-linChin has interviewed more than 300 people--smugglers, immigrants,government officials, and business owners--in the United States,China, and Taiwan. Their poignant and chilling testimony describes aflourishing industry in which smugglers--big and littlesnakeheads--command fees as high as $30,000 to move desperatebut hopeful men and women around the world. For many whosurvive the hunger, filthy and crowded conditions, physical andsexual abuse, and other perils of the arduous journey, life in theUnited States, specifically in New York's Chinatown, is adisappointment if not a curse. Few will return to China, though,because their families depend on the money and status gained byhaving a relative in the States. In Smuggled Chinese, Ko-lin Chin puts a human face on thisintractable international problem, showing how flaws in nationalpolicies and lax law enforcement perpetuate the cycle ofdesperation and suffering. He strongly believes, however, that theproblem of human smuggling will continue as long as China'scitizens are deprived of fundamental human rights and economicsecurity. Smuggled Chinese will engage readers interested in humanrights, Asian and Asian American studies, urban studies, andsociology. Customer Reviews (1)
Smuggled Chinese |
77. Almost All Aliens: Immigration, Race, and Colonialism in American History and Identity by Paul Spickard | |
Hardcover: 744
Pages
(2007-06-22)
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Greatest Book on Race Formation in the US...ever!
Good for perspective
Common Sense, conveniently packaged |
78. Early American Immigration: Shmoop US History Guide by Shmoop | |
Kindle Edition:
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(2009-10-15)
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79. Americans in the Making: The Natural History of the Assimilation of Immigrants (American Immigration Collection, 2) by William C. Smith | |
Hardcover: 454
Pages
(1970-06)
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80. Eyewitnesses to American Jewish History: The German Immigration, 1800-1875, Part Two by Azriel Eisenberg | |
Paperback:
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(1976-03)
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